Illinois

A Senate committee passed a bill this week that would give specialized training on human trafficking and establish coordination across multiple state agencies and partners

Beginning Thursday night, drivers will see new lane changes and ramp closures along Interstate 80 in Joliet.

After losing the case in federal court, former Joliet Mayor Bob O'Dekirk is pursuing his conspiracy lawsuit case in Will County against six people he blames for his 2023 election loss.

After nearly three hours of debate before a packed hearing room, a House committee on Wednesday voted to advance a bill that would impose new requirements on homeschooling

An Illinois House committee moved to overhaul how Illinois police officers execute search warrants in response to the botched 2019 raid at Anjanette Young’s home, which includes banning what’s often called “no-knock” warrants

Advocates urge child welfare agency to ensure full compliance with existing law

Senate Bill 2427, sponsored by Sen. Christina Castro, D-Elgin, would require all school boards to adopt policies prohibiting the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time

It's the largest spring-to-spring enrollment increase since the Illinois Community College Board began collecting systemwide data in the late 1990s

Illinois public universities as well as five community colleges, including Joliet Junior College, will soon begin offering free enrollment to students in test prep courses for post-graduate exams.

Drivers will see new lane changes and ramp closures along Interstate 80 in Joliet beginning Tuesday.

Some lawmakers are pushing for Illinois to join eight other states that have legalized internet gambling, also known as iGaming

Groups warn cuts will drastically reduce capacity to represent tenants, homebuyers

Attorneys for Joliet said former Mayor Bob O’Dekirk’s federal lawsuit made frivolous legal arguments and sought to “hijack the busy federal courts for an improper purpose, such as to harass.”

The Illinois State Board of Education is seeking clarification on federal funding following Trump Administration's announced Department of Education cuts.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker isn’t planning to passively watch as the U.S. Department of Education is dismantled.

A 100-mile police chase in Sangamon County reached speeds over 100 mph, ending in tragedy. The pursuit raises major concerns about law enforcement policies and public safety.

A House committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would give high school student athletes the right to participate in both school-sponsored teams and nonschool teams in the same sport at the same time

An attorney is seeking to have his client’s legal fees paid by a former Joliet mayor whose conspiracy lawsuit was dismissed in federal court in February.

A Harvey man who was charged at 16 with the 2020 New Lenox murder of Charles "Charlie" Baird, 19, has allowed a Will County judge to decide his fate. His trial began Tuesday.

A Joliet police detective is seeking to use the report of Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s Office investigation of the police department in his federal racial discrimination lawsuit.

Increased pay for educators, better school conditions, mentoring and mental health support are key factors cited by educators that could help alleviate the critical ongoing teacher shortage in Illinois

One bill would reclassify a fentanyl overdose as a “poison,” while another would consider major fentanyl possessors a threat to public safety. The bills have attracted bipartisan support

The Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees have voted to allow the release of a report regarding an investigation into what the chairman described last year as “employee grievances against members of this board.”

Trinity Service bought the community health center building at 2000 Glenwood Ave. in Joliet approximately 18 months ago and has since consolidated many of its mental health-related services in that building.

Pritzker’s proposal would include several exemptions to such a ban, including in the event of an emergency

A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit case against a Will County SWAT sniper who fatally shot a hostage taker after he surrendered to the police in 2022.

Hundreds rallied Thursday at the Capitol in Springfield to voice their opposition to a bill that would require oversight of families who homeschool their children, a response to concerns that the state offers no restrictions on homeschooling families

Pete Colarelli, former ExxonMobil employee, mentored Brandon Adjoumani when Adjoumani was a student at Lockport Township High School. On Saturday, Adjoumani will serve in Colarelli's former role as a host for Easterseals Joliet's annual Celebration of Giving.

High school students generally don’t participate in drafting legislation. Illinois Math and Science Academy senior Jordan Henry is an exception.

About 43% of the 385,000 votes in an advisory state flag revision contest decided they’d prefer to resist change and keep the current design

Illinois recorded an 8.3% drop in overall drug overdose deaths in 2023, a rate double the national decline, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Thursday.

“There’s no way they can cut that much out of the federal budget without touching Medicaid, because Medicaid is such a substantial portion of the discretionary funds that they have access to,” Rep. Anna Moeller, D-Elgin, said

The General Assembly’s bipartisan Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability released a new fiscal year 2026 revenue projection that is $737 million short of the proposal Pritzker introduced last month

Vintage and antique stores across northern Illinois and Wisconsin will participate Friday and Saturday in the Vintage Shop Hop with special promotions and events.

Illinois faces potential energy shortfalls and all-but-guaranteed price spikes for northern Illinois this summer, consumer and environmental advocates say. Lawmakers and advocates in Springfield have proposed bills that they say would address their concerns

A political action committee chaired by a Joliet Democratic state senator has endorsed a write-in candidate whom the senator once worked for instead of the Democratic Party candidate for Joliet Township supervisor. 

Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois spoke with the executive director of the Illinois Head Start Association Tuesday. Duckworth said she fears Trump will end Head Start, which has long enjoyed bipartisan support.

Brenda Stewart, a farm owner in Pembroke Township, received grant funding through the state. She told Capitol News Illinois she is most worried about the people who depend on her farm and the grant program to eat healthy

The Trump administration has stopped reimbursing Illinois for a program designed to help farmers and supply fresh food to Illinois food banks

A federal judge granted a partial retrial on several bribery counts in the case of four former executives and lobbyists for electric utility ComEd who were convicted in 2023 for their roles in bribing longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan

A semitrailer caught on fire on Monday on Interstate 55 near Channahon. No reported injuries in the incident.

Under the new bill, families would be required to tell their school districts when they decide to homeschool their children, and the parents or guardians would need to have a high school diploma or equivalent

As the cost of housing continues to rise, Illinois realtors are pushing legislation to make it easier for first-time homebuyers to save for a down payment

A Will County jury found a former landlord guilty of the 2023 Plainfield Township hate crime murder of a 6-year-old Muslim child and the attempted murder of the child’s mother. A sentencing hearing is slated for May 2.

Advocates of the family of a Muslim child who was killed in 2023 in Plainfield Township say the convicted killer was radicalized by unfounded and dehumanizing claims about Palestinians in media coverage of the Gaza war.

Illinois officials are warning of a tollway phishing scam involving textws claiming people have to pay up unpaid tolls or could face consequences.

Public transportation reform in the Chicago area is at the top of state lawmakers’ to-do list this spring, but exactly what that reform will look like remains unclear

As tickets for spring and summer concert tours, festivals and sporting events begin to go on sale, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul cautioned about ticket scams.

The city of Joliet plans a detection 'blitz' with rate of water loss at 29%. $68 million to be spent in 2025 to replace 30 miles of water mains.

DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick is skipping a potential third term as the county’s top cop and setting his sights instead on the governor’s mansion.